Shoe machine



Der. 28 1926.

F. H. PERRY SHOE MACHINE Original Filed Sept. 6. 1921 2 sneets-Snee.

Dec. 28., 192e.

F.H.PERRY SHOE MACHINE 2 Sneets-Shee 2 oggginal Filed Sept 6, 1921 mnlrfliii HIHIHIIHH will' r 46 heel which isto be attached to the .shoe or Patented Dec. 248, 1926.`

UNITED STATES ,Pfrrsu'rl ,oFFiclafg`v FREDERICK n. PERRY, or BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS; assrCNoE To UNITED sHoE MACHINERY CoRPoRATIoN, oE EMERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CoREoRATIoN E NEwaERsEY. a v

l f sHoE MACHINE.

Application led September 6, 1921,4Serial No. 498,752. Renewed May 21, 1926.

Thus the heel acts as a templet or pattern to control the trimming or heel-seat fitting operation. l i In the illustrated construction, a heel seat Before attaching Wood heels to shoes it is fitting machine is shown provided with asupusual to trim surplus stock from theperiphport for a loose heel, a gage member readily eral portionof the heel seats of the soles and manually movabletoengage'the heel,and`

.0f the shoeso that the edges of the soles will connections from the gage member auto-; not be visible between the upper edges of the matlcally to `control the operation .of triml0 heels and the material of the shoeuppers. mlng and positioning instrumentalities of This operation, which is called heel-seat the machine to fit thel heel seat of a shoe'for fitting, wagfor a long time4 done entirely by the attachment of the heel which is being hand, but more recently machines for perused as a templet or4 for another heel like :forming the operation have been introduced. that 011e- Thus eac-h shoe 1s,` separately fit- It is necessary that the Iheel-sgat, fitting 0ptel OI lS heel, Wlthollt 10SS 0f tlm@ and yeteration be performed with a considerable de- Wlth entlle acuracv. gree of accurac for if insuflicient stock is Further bJeCtS 0f the invention are yto removed the joint between the edge of theQQYFIQOm@ l tenflefly (jf the 501,810 buckle by heel and the shoe upper will not be tight, -IICIOIlally Wlping 1t rearwardly against and if too much stock is removed the bearthe Push 0f the trimming knife, and t0 Steady ing of the heel upon the sole of the shoe will not be solid. As long as heel-seat fitting was performed by hand this was entirely a matter for the skill and judgment of the individual Workman, but now that heel-seat fitting is being done by machinery it has become important to provide mechanical means for insuring such an accurate control of the heel-seat iitting machine organization I0 and the presentation of the work thereto as will insure that each shoe is trimmed to fit the particular size of heel which is to .be attached to it.

It is accordingly an object of the present 35 invention to prov1de a heel-seat fitting machine organization having improved lmechanism for controlling the dimensions to which tlievheel-seat portions of the soles )operated upon are trimmed. With this` objectA in '40 view, a feature of the invention comprises means forpostioning a shoe during the performance of the heel-seat fitting operation and holding" it stationary, a measuring de vice operable to measure a dimension of the .This invention relates to machines for`use in the manufacture of shoes and is illustrated herein as embodied in`a heel seat fitting machine.

and other-objects, and various improvements` and specific novel constructions and"combinations of parts, will .be apparent fromthe following descri' tion of the i'llustrative'fma-'- chine shnwnvin t e accompanying drawings, in which?4 Fig .1 is a side elevation of the machine;

Brtig. 2 is a perspective of therprncipal-` Pa S;

Fig. 3 is a top planview of the heel'supf port, the gage, and the sole` supporting plates;,and

Fig. 4 is a perspec tive of the counter-engaglng member which determ tion of the shoese practice 'ofwhich an unattached heel spaced" a substantial distance from 'the sole'of ai a shoe is used to control the extent offan operation upon the shoe is not claimed herein since it forms the subject-matter of m'y coL-'l pending application Serial No. 592,865,6led October 6, 1922. f a. heel like the heel which is to be attached to The' illustrated machine, which is the shoe, and connections from the shoe-positioning means to the measuring means op` eratng to cause the dimensions to which Y June 17 1919, on an application of S. J the heel-seat of the sole of a shoe 1s trimmed theL work by means of the `heelabreast knife whlle the edge knife makes its cut.l These ines the posif;

, The herein disclosed novel method in the"i of the general type disclosed in Lettersy Patent" of" the Unlted States' No.V 1,307,285, granted J Wentworthand F. H. Perry, is provided to correspond to those of the heel measured. with a drive shaft 10 rotated one revolution at a timeI by beltv 12` acting'through avoinerevolution clutch controlled by a 'suitable treadle. Cams on shaft 10.0perate the varions parts of the/machine according to a predetermined cycle. A lasted shoe is presented to the machine on a support 14 (or a shoe off the last may be presented thereto onfa support of the type shown in the above iden other, into the rand crease of the shoe, and

act to support the margin of the sole. These plates are pivoted on a slide or head 34,

which carries a cam roll 36 operated by a spiral cani '38, turned `by means of a handle 40 which is held in adjusted position by ,al-

lowing a spring pin to seat in one of a series of holes The operative position of support 14 is determined by engagement of the counter of a shoe thereon'with a gage 31, shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. In the patented machine the corresponding gage is mounted directly on the slide corresponding to slide 34. For

a purpose hereinafter explained, I have imjproved this construction by mounting counter gage 31 on a supplementary slide as shown in Fig. 4, arranged for adjust-ment longitudinally o f slide 34 by 'turning two adjusting screws 33, one of which is shown in that figure.

The central portion of the heel seat of a ,sole supported by plates 30 is depressed by a matrix roll 44, journaled in the forked end of a lever 46, and the waste marginal portion of the sole which remains above plates 30, is seve ed to form a U-shaped flap by a recipro'c ting knife 48 which follows closely.

after the forward motion of the matrix roll.

` The U-shaped flap so formed is cut oif at thebreast line by reciprocating knives 50.

The initial position vof matrix roll 44 is, adjusted simultaneously with plates 30 'and gage 31, and during the cycle of the machine the roll is picked up by the mechanism for reciprocating knife 48, and carried, forward from this variable initial position to auniform' yforward position such that .knife A48 cuts forwardly tothe breast line, lto cooperate with knives 50 inrmaking angularly'- related cuts vwhich remove ,the waste marginal stock. -l i,

All of the foregoing parts, and the i-actuating, mechanism therefor,may operate,.and'

are lllustrated as 'operating substantially like the corresponding 4parts described in thek above-identified patent, and no extendeddescription is here deemed necessary. Certain of these parts, however, are illustrated as improved in accordance,with the present in- Q with an abutment 62 in alinement with the breast-line position determined by knives 50. To.co-operate therewith, a gage or feeler 64 is mounted on slide 34 in alinement with' the rear end of the heel of a shoe positioned by gage 31. In operating u'pon styles of shoes in which the rear end ofthe counter is in alinement with the rear edge of the heel, abutment 62 and gage 31 will be set in substantial'alinement. In other styles, the position of gage 31V is so adjusted that the breast lineof a shoe positioned thereby will be in alinement with the breast vline of a heel engaged by abutment 62.

By this arrangement, when a heel is i,

placed on support 60 in engagement with abutmentA 62 and gage '64 is moved against the opposite side ofthe heel by setting slide 34 by means of handle 40, and when a jacked shoe von support 14 is swung'back as far as permitted by engagement of gage 31 with the counter, the breast-line position'determined by the junction of the cuts made. by knives 48 and 50 is automatically set to fit the sole for the particular heel being used as i a pattern. Thus the heel is made to serve as a pattern or templet and the shoe is trimmed to fit it. j

Some difiiculty has been experienced in trimming shoes having soles of comparatively flexible leather, in that such soles tend to buckle under the forward push of knife 48 and roll 44. To offset this, teeth 7() are lunA provided on plates 30, to hold the soles against slipping, and teeth 72 are cut on the ends of roll 44, to 'force the roll to rotate at the angular speed determined by rolling engagement of the teeth with the soles. As the center matrix portion 74 of the roll is of materially greater diameter than toothed portions 7 2, the-"angular speed so determined is sufficient to give matrix portion 74 a peripheral speed in 4excessof what would give mere rolling engagement with the work, thus wip'ng the work rearwardly and offsetting Ithe tendency to buckle.

I referto insure rotation of roll44 at the dbsired speed by mounting a pinion 76 on one end thereof, of'a diameter equal to portions This pinion engages a rack 78 secured at one end to slide 34 and supported at the other end by a hanger 80 on arm 46.'

v.To co-operate with the roll 44 in'hold1ng a sole, knives' 5 0 are brought 'into engage-,

ment with the sole during the forward movement of knife 48 and roll Then the ally knives`50 are again bron ht down to cutaway, the wastev stock. T is may be donexby an appropriate design'of cam 82,

Y. which acts through lever 84, link 86, and

slide 88, to provide this double reciprocation of knives 50.

I prefer to cause a correspondin double 'reciprocation of knife 4 8 and rol 44, so

that knives may-remain in engagement with the sole as long as ossible,knife 48 and roll 44 pausing whi e knives 50 are raised out of the way. This is done by'an appro riate designof cam 90, which operates t rough lever 92, link 94,-and rack 96, to reciprocate the slide which 'operates knife ,48. and fmatri-x roll i 1 l In o eration,,a .shoe is placed on support 14 an the corresponding heel on support 60, handle' 40 is turneduntilggagefG/l engages the heel, support 14jis swung back as far as gage 3l permits andfuntil plates 30 seatin the rand crease, and the-'one-revolu-` tion clutch is trippedrwhereup'on the shoe is trimmed to vfit the heel on support `6'0. I

When shoes such as turn "slices having sewed heel'seats are to be'operated upon,

gage 31 is notreally necessary as the lates `so may berelied upon aeanitly to position the shoes. vThis will be apparent when it -heel-seat will is considered that the'stitchmg around the rovideadenite abutment to receive the e ges of the plates 30.- `Many vwelt and McKay shoes, on the other hand,

.4 which are to receive wood heels, have the 'heel-seat portions` oftheir solessecured at the time vthe heel-seat litting operation is erform'ed only by a Vfew tacks which vcannot relied upon to co-operate with`the crease plates to ositionI 'the shoe. Whenoperat-f mg upon s oes of this kind'a back gage, such `connection with amachine of theit'ype shown,

in the Wentworth' and Perry patent',"jt. .is not my intention to its scope thereby,

or otherwise than by @terms of the a'p.

pended claims. Having.' describedmy invention, what I claim as new anddeslr'efto vsecurejby'letf ters Patent of thejUnitedStates is shoe in a stationary position, fmeans-to prepare a shoe thu's positioned for the attachf ment of a heel, a gage arranged to measure the heel which is to be attachedto'the shoe tenait like 4that heel, and connections .from the of the heel-*seat of the sole'ofva shoe t us oshoe is trimmed.l

as gage 31, which contactswith. the counter ortiony ofA the shoe at the positionofjthe `the lsole of a .shoe to trim su 2. A heel-seat fitting machine having, in combination, means for supporting a shoe in a stationary position, positioning means arranged to control the position of a shoe thus supported,`means to trim surplus material from the heel-seat of said shoe t'o iit the shoe for the attachment of a heel a Ameasuring device operable to measure the heel which, is to be attached to theshoe or another heel-74 5 measurin device to the positioning means to contro the trimming operation in accordance with the size of thevheel measured.

3. A heel-seat fitting machine having, in combination, a plurality of crease plates ar# ranged to en ter the rand crease of a shoe and to sup ort the peripheralportion of the heelseat-o the sole thereof, means for trimming surplus'material from the peripheral ortion 8 5 sitioned, means for measuring the heel which is to be attached tothe shoe or another heel like that heel, and means' connectedto said measuring means for controlling the dmensions to vwhich the heel-.seat ofthe sole-othe 4. heel-seat fitting machinel comprising a kniie traveling lengthwise ofthe sole of the shoe operated upon through .an unvary ing path, means for presentinga shoe there'- to to`cause .the knife to trim surplus material from the peripheral portion of the heelseat ofthe sole of'a shoe, means formeasur- -mg the heel whichis to be attached to the shoe y'or another heel` like lthat heel, and 100 :is trimmed correspond with the dimensions 10;5

ofthe heel.measured.

5.: A heel-seat fitting machine having, in

combination, a plurality ofcrease'plates ar- .ranged to enter the rand .crease of a shoe to be'operated upon, a cutter arranged to trim 110 surplnsmaterial from thei peripheral pontion'of the heel-scat ofthe sole of a shoe thus positioned, a knife for making a heel breast ,receiving cut at the forward end of the heelseat of the sole of a' shoe, means for measur- 115 ing the heel VwhichI is to be attached to the shoe or. a heellike-that heel, and means controlled by\sa1d measuring means to position` the breastc'ut and the forward extent of the trun'mmg cut in: accordance with the length of the heel measured.

1 A; machine for operating onshoes hav- Y ing, in combination, means for supportingA a' A6.-, i1eel-seat ttin'g machine having, in combination, aV knife movable lengthwise of. 'A

lus material. from the heelfseat portion 'of t e sole -thereof, means for measuring the heel which isto be .attached to the shoe ora 'heel like'th'at heel,` and l.means controlled by said measuringmeans `to determine the extent of -the trimming operation, so that the heel-seat of 130,

the sole the slice will be trimmed to fit the heel measured. i

7. A heel-seat fitting machine having in combination, means for trimmingsurplus move relatively to the'path of movement of the trimming means as/the gage ismoved to measure the heel.

8. A heel-seat .fitting machine having, in

combination, a trimming device for removing surplus material from the periphery of the heel-Seat portion of the solefof a shoe presented thereto, a support for a heel, a heel gage member movable relativelyto a heel on the support into engagement with said heel to be thereby positioned in accordance with the length of said heel, a work gage arranged to control the position of, a shoe in rthe machine, and connections between the two gages whereby the work gage is moved 'to control the position of the work in the machine so that the shoe will be trimmed to fit the heel engaged-by the, hee'l gagemember or a heel like that heel.

9. A heel-seat fitting machine having,

combination, a work support, means for trimming surplus material from the periphery of the heel-seat portion of the sole of a shoe carried thereby, a support fora heel, a heel gage member movable vrelatively to a heel on the support to be thereby positioned in accordance with the length of said heel, a work gage arranged to control the position of the shoe in the machine, and connections between the two gages whereby the work gage is movedn to control the position of the work suppot so that the shoe will be trimmed to fit the heel engaged by the heel gage member or a heel like that heel.,

10. A machine for use in making shoes comprising, in combination, a knife to split the sole of a shoe to-cut a flap loose therefrom, a device .to determine the relative positions of a sole and the knife to control the length of the flap, and pattern-controlled means by whichsaid device may be adjusted to change the length of flap cut thereby. h

11. A machine for use in making shoes comprising, in combination, positioning and operating means to prepare a part of a shoe, a horizontal support spaced laterally therefrom on which a pattern may be laid, a member movable across the supportto engage said pattern, and a connection to cont o the relative positions of the positioning and operating means according to thel position of said member.

12. A machine for use in making shoes comprising,v in combination, a cutter to remove a U-shaped piece of waste. from about the heel end of the sole of a shoe, a Separate knife to cut a shoulder at the heel-breast line, and gaging means controlled lby a heel .to determine the length ofv the U-shapedk piece andthe position of the heel-breast cut.

13. A machine ofthe type having. a knife reciprocable perpendicularly against the sole of a shoe to determine the heel-breast line and comprising, in combination, means to present a shoe to the -knifea support beside 'the knife having an abutment arranged to which has plates to support the edges of the rear end of the sole of a shoe, a gage to position the shoe, a'matrix roll todepress'the f center of the sole below the` plates, a knife reciprocated across the plates to cut 0H the part ofthe sole projecting above the plates l A in -a U-s'naped flap, and aV knife moving against thel sole at the heel-breast line to c ut off the U-shaped flap so made, and comprising, in combination, a support for a loose heel beside the plates, an abutment thereon in predetermined relation to the heel-breast knife to engage the breast of a heel on the support, an abutment connected to the gage in predetermined relation thereto, and connections to movethe abutment against the rear` side of the heeland arranged thereby to move the gage to liX the rearend of the heel seat at a distance from the breast cut equal to the length of the heel.

15. In a machine of the class described,

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means for trimming the heel seats of shoes vto prepare the heel seats for the receptiony of heels, a measuring device including a support for a heel, a gage part to engage one edge of the seat ofa heel on the support, a second gage part to engage the opposite edge of Athe seatof the heel, means to move one of said parts toward the other to measure the seat of the'fhe'el, a cutting knife for severing thematerial from the heel seat at the breast'line, and" means to deermine the cutting point ofsaid knifecontrolled by the movement of the movable gage part.

16. A-heel seat fitting machine comprising, in combination, means for supporting a shoe in a stationary position, a cuter ar- Y ranged to trim surplus material from the peripheralportion o' the Yheel seat of the sole of a shoe thus supported, means relatively to adjust said supporting means-and said cutter to vary the size of the heel seat formed thereby, and'means to engage opposite sides of a heel to measure its size and connected withsaidadjusting means to determine the proper adjustment-of said means.

17. Af heel seat fitting machine .comprismg, in( combination', a plurality of crease plates arranged to -enter the rand crease of a shoe and support the lperiphery oi an outsole attached thereto, a trimming device for o removing waste material from a sole supported thereby to fit the shoe for the addition` of a wood heel, a support for a loose heel, a gage member movable across the support into engagement with a heel thereon and thereby waste material vpositioned in accordance with the length of thereby to 'iitthe shoe for the attachment of a wood heel, a back gage arranged for en gagement with the rear portion of the shoe, and movable to Vdetermine 'the length of the part of thevsole operated on bythe trim-- ming device, a member movable'into engagement with a wood heel to 4determine the" length of itsheel seat surface, and means. for vconnecting and simultaneously moving said heel engaging member and the back gage to set the machine to trim different shoes differently to prepare them for the4 addition of different heels engaged by said member. l i

19. A heel seat fitting-machine comprising, in combination, a shoe support, a plurality of crease plates arranged to enter the rand crease 'f a shoe onl said'support, to support substantially the 4entire peripheral portion of the heel-seat of the sole of the shoe, means for trimming the periphery of the'sole of a'shoe thus supported to fit it for the attachment of a wood heel, a mechanically-operated knife to form a shoulder at the heel breast line, a device for limiting the extent of the part of, the sole operated on by said trimming means and 'for varying the relative positions of the shoe and the heelu breast knife to determine the position of the, heel breast line,and mechanism for engageA ing a wood heel andmeasuring the length of its seat surface and for setting said'device according to the length so measured in order to adjust the machine to trim dilerent shoes buckling.

differently te fit 4them ier the addition of different heels measured by said mechanism 20. A machine for operating on'shoes'c'omy i prising', inI combination,'supporting means y for the edgesiof the solefof a shoe, and a matrix roll to depress the center of the sole below the supporting means aiidvsimultaneously to urge the'sole rearwardly.

2l. A machine for use in 'making shoes comprising, in combination, a tooloperating having a roughened surface toV hold the stock against the tool, and means 'to rotate the roller foot to iyipe f it against the stock to urge the stock toward the tool, to prevent 22. A comprising, in combination, a work-support, a roller engaging work thereon, and means relatively to move the support and the roller yto rotate the roller about its axis in engagement with the work and` to accelerate its peripheral speed frictionally to urge'the work` in a direction to'otiset the tendency tobuckle caused by the rolling friction of the roller on the work.

machine for use in, making shoes 23. A machine for operating on soles com- L prising, in combinatioma knife tomake a cutl longitudinally ofjthe sole ,oit` a' shoe, a matrix rollengaging the' sole aheady of the knife, means'to move the knifel and ,f

roll relativel to the sole, and `means to ro.

tate the rol yfrictionally` to urge the sole 'in a direction :opposite to the cut to prevent buckling.. f

' v24. A machine for operating on soles coin'- 'prisi1g, in combination, acutter and a `sup-- port relatively movable to. make a longit'udnal cut in a sole on the` support, "a roll having a pinion on one` end and an enlarged central lportion to engage the sole ahead of the cutterfand a' rack fixed rela,- tively to the -support to engage the 'nion and rotate the rol so that the enlarged portion will have a frictional'wipin'g action to Ipo oii'set the tendency of the sole to 'buckle ahead of the cutter. y i

25.. A heel-seat fitting machine comprising, 1n combination, a support for the edges of a sole, a matrix roll to Idepress the cen- ,ti-al'- portion of the sole below the support,

a knife behind `the roll to' cut otLthe portion of `the soleabove the support, means relatively to move the support and theknife and roll, and means to rrotate the' roll at sole, a tool to operate progressively and' 'longitudinally on the sole, anda member movable against the free-surface of the sole4 75 e on' a piece of stock, a roller presser foot i a peripheral s eed higher thanthe,` linear speed of the so e relatively to the knife and A machine for operating on soles comprising, in'combination, a support-"for a sole, a tool,to."operate progressively and longitudinally on the sole, and a second tool mov- Yable against then free surface of the sole 'to prevent displacement 'thereof and thereafter operable to co-operate with the first tool to v vprepare the sole fora Succeeding operation.

28. lA trimming machine comprising, in

' combination, cooperating knives movable to make angularly-related cuts in a piece of stock toremove the portion outlined thereby, and mechanism to move one of the knives into engagement with the stock to hold it while the second knife makes its cut and thereafter tol further move the knife tol make a cutinthe stock to join the cut made by the second knife.

29. A heel-seat fitting machine comprising, in combination, a knife' for severing a 'make the breast line cut.

flap of waste about the heel seat of a sole,

a co-operating knife to cut off the flap at the heel-breast line, and mechanism to move the second knife against a sole during the first portion' of the action of the first knife and then to raise it out of the way as the first knife approaches the breast line and thereafter to lower* it again to` cut olf the flap severed by the first knife. y v

30. A heel-seat fitting machiney comprising, in combination, a knife to cut the surplus material from about the edge of a sole,

a matrix roll ahead of the knife, and a knife moved against the breast Jline tohold the sole until the approachof the matrix roll, then moved up outof 'the Way to allovv the rollito pass thereunder and be Withdrawn, and then moved against vthe sole again to In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FREDERICK H. PERRY.V 

